Patents by Inventor Christian Kohler

Christian Kohler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10053139
    Abstract: An electromechanical servo steering system may include an electric servomotor that drives a worm shaft that meshes with a worm wheel arranged on a steering shaft. The worm wheel is operatively connected to an input shaft of a steering gear mechanism, and the worm shaft and the steering shaft are rotatably mounted in a common gear mechanism housing. The worm shaft has a free end that is remote from the motor and an end that is close to the motor. The end that is remote from the motor is mounted in a rolling bearing, and the end that is close to the motor has a rolling bearing that is received in an eccentric lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG
    Inventors: Johannes Schönlechner, Christian Kohler
  • Patent number: 9975374
    Abstract: A wheel includes a rim having a rim base and a two-part wheel spider. The wheel spider includes two molded parts. The first molded part forms the spokes having an open cross-section and is joined to the second molded part. The spokes of the first molded part are completely or partially closed along the profile length by the second molded part. The wheel spider is preferably integrated in the rim in an interlocking manner. The rim and the two-part wheel spider can consist of metal, but in particular preferably of composite fiber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Dressler, Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke
  • Patent number: 9907435
    Abstract: The outdoor multifunction cooking set is composed of an oven mounted pivoting on a barbecue by means of a pivoting articulation. The barbecue includes an ashpit, a hearth and a cooking surface, while the oven includes a cooking bottom composed of refractory stones, and a door on the front face. The chamber of the oven has a double wall that is open at the bottom and is connected to a chimney mounted on the upper part of the oven and in communication with the hearth of the barbecue. This cooking assembly includes at least one temperature maintenance chamber to be mounted, by means of one of its sides, on one hot side of the barbecue. This chamber incorporates a thermometer and an air outlet to be able to allow the hot air contained in it to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: L'ART DU JARDIN
    Inventors: Christian Kohler, Kévin Kohler
  • Publication number: 20180059633
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to energy management in a building. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of apparatus. Each apparatus of the plurality of apparatus includes a controller, a light, and a heating/cooling device. The controller is in communication with a control system, and the control system controls the electrical system of a building. A power price is received from the control system at a first apparatus of the plurality of apparatus. The power price is compared to a set point power price. Power supplied to at least one of the light of the first apparatus, the heating/cooling device of the first apparatus, a lighting device in a region proximate the first apparatus, and a heating/cooling device in the region proximate the first apparatus is adjusted based on comparing the power price to the set point power price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Vishal Garg, Niranjan Reddy, Sam Babu Godithi, Richard E. Brown, Christian Kohler, Reshma Singh
  • Publication number: 20170307102
    Abstract: A control device for a process valve unit which includes a valve drive and a valve fitting, wherein the control device has a control unit which is configured to receive a control signal from a superordinate control via a communication interface which is provided in the field level, and to control the valve drive in accordance with the control signal, wherein the control device further has a local bus interface and the control unit is constructed to communicate with one or more devices of the field level via the local bus interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich Schmidt, Jan Reich, Christian Kohler, Andreas Siebel, Stefan Elmer
  • Publication number: 20170282475
    Abstract: A wheel includes a rim having a rim well and rim flanges, a hub, and at least three spoke elements. Each spoke element forms at least one spoke between the hub and the rim. The spoke elements are fastened to an inside of the rim in a form-closed manner or a form-closed and bonded manner. In the hub region, the spoke elements are supported on each other in a circumferential direction at abutting surfaces designed therefor. A method for producing the wheel is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jens WERNER, Christian KÖHLER, André BARTSCH, Michael DREßLER, Sandro MÄKE
  • Patent number: 9616621
    Abstract: A one-part wheel which is made of fiber composites without interruption of fibers with excellent mechanical properties and with low weight at the same time as well as a process for the manufacture thereof. The wheel has especially a rim well as well as a wheel disk passing over into a wheel flange of the rim well, where the wheel disk is formed at least partly by fiber layers, which run from the rim well over a wheel flange and the wheel disk. The wheel is manufactured by a multipart mold with parts displaceable at least in the axial direction. The mold is completely removed after the deposition of fibers or remains as a lost core in the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: THYSENNKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke, Michael Dreβler, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
  • Patent number: 9616704
    Abstract: A one-part wheel which is made of fiber composites without interruption of fibers with excellent mechanical properties and with low weight at the same time as well as a process for the manufacture thereof. The wheel has especially a rim well as well as a wheel disk passing over into a wheel flange of the rim well, where the wheel disk is formed at least partly by fiber layers, which run from the rim well over a wheel flange and the wheel disk. The wheel is manufactured by a multipart mold with parts displaceable at least in the axial direction. The mold is completely removed after the deposition of fibers or remains as a lost core in the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke, Michael Dreβler, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
  • Patent number: 9586366
    Abstract: A rim well with integrated flange made of fiber composite as well as to a method for manufacturing same. The flange is formed by inwardly directed protuberances of fiber layers of the rim well, wherein the fiber layers transition to the flange from the rim well without interruption of the fibers. The manufacture is carried out by depositing fiber material on a mold, which corresponds to the contour of the rim well and has a radially circumferential or segmented groove. The fibers are deposited such that the fibers of at least one fiber layer have protuberances directed into the groove. A multipart mold, which makes it possible to reduce the width of the groove and thus a deformation of the protuberances, is preferably used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke, Michael Dreβler, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
  • Publication number: 20170050392
    Abstract: A one-part wheel which is made of fiber composites without interruption of fibers with excellent mechanical properties and with low weight at the same time as well as a process for the manufacture thereof. The wheel has especially a rim well as well as a wheel disk passing over into a wheel flange of the rim well, where the wheel disk is formed at least partly by fiber layers, which run from the rim well over a wheel flange and the wheel disk. The wheel is manufactured by a multipart mold with parts displaceable at least in the axial direction. The mold is completely removed after the deposition of fibers or remains as a lost core in the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jens WERNER, Christian KÖHLER, André BARTSCH, Sandro MÄKE, Michael DREßLER, Martin LEPPER, Werner HUFENBACH
  • Patent number: 9573415
    Abstract: While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke, Michael Dreβler, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
  • Patent number: 9555664
    Abstract: A wheel with a rim as well as a wheel spider, where the wheel spider has a hub and spokes. The wheel includes spokes including one or more linearly stretched textile strands as reinforcement material of a fiber composite and each linearly stretched textile strand runs at least once from the rim to the hub and back without interruption and thus forms at least one spoke. The textile strands are connected in a positive-locking manner and/or in substance with the hub and the rim. A process is provided for the manufacture of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke, Michael Dreβler, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
  • Patent number: 9539855
    Abstract: A rim well with integrated flange made of fiber composite as well as to a method for manufacturing same. The flange is formed by inwardly directed protuberances of fiber layers of the rim well, wherein the fiber layers transition to the flange from the rim well without interruption of the fibers. The manufacture is carried out by depositing fiber material on a mold, which corresponds to the contour of the rim well and has a radially circumferential or segmented groove. The fibers are deposited such that the fibers of at least one fiber layer have protuberances directed into the groove. A multipart mold, which makes it possible to reduce the width of the groove and thus a deformation of the protuberances, is preferably used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Werner, Christian Köhler, André Bartsch, Sandro Mäke, Michael Dreβler, Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach
  • Publication number: 20160332396
    Abstract: A wheel with a rim as well as a wheel spider, where the wheel spider has a hub and spokes. The wheel includes spokes including one or more linearly stretched textile strands as reinforcement material of a fiber composite and each linearly stretched textile strand runs at least once from the rim to the hub and back without interruption and thus forms at least one spoke. The textile strands are connected in a positive-locking manner and/or in substance with the hub and the rim. A process is provided for the manufacture of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jens WERNER, Christian KÖHLER, André BARTSCH, Sandro MÄKE, Michael DREßLER, Martin LEPPER, Werner HUFENBACH
  • Publication number: 20160332391
    Abstract: A rim well with integrated flange made of fiber composite as well as to a method for manufacturing same. The flange is formed by inwardly directed protuberances of fiber layers of the rim well, wherein the fiber layers transition to the flange from the rim well without interruption of the fibers. The manufacture is carried out by depositing fiber material on a mold, which corresponds to the contour of the rim well and has a radially circumferential or segmented groove. The fibers are deposited such that the fibers of at least one fiber layer have protuberances directed into the groove. A multipart mold, which makes it possible to reduce the width of the groove and thus a deformation of the protuberances, is preferably used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jens WERNER, Christian KÖHLER, André BARTSCH, Sandro MÄKE, Michael DREßLER, Martin LEPPER, Werner HUFENBACH
  • Publication number: 20160200018
    Abstract: A mold system for a resin transfer molding process is presented, in which a cavity of a workpiece (1) to be produced is fully enclosed circumferentially by a multi-part shaping mold (2). The shaping mold (2) is enclosed in a sealed manner by an outer, two or more part enveloping mold (7, 8). A method for consolidating a fiber composite component with this mold system and a method for producing a fiber composite component on the basis of the RTM process is provided, in which the intermediate space between a shaping mold (2) and a surrounding enveloping mold (7, 8) is filled with resin during the resin injection. After curing the resin initially remains on the shaping mold (2) as a resin body but is destroyed during the demolding of the workpiece (1), at predetermined breaking points. The demolding of the workpiece (1) from the shaping mold (2) is assisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Sandro MÄKE, Jens WERNER, André BARTSCH, Michael DRESSLER, Christian KÖHLER
  • Publication number: 20160121921
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical servo steering system having an electric servomotor which drives a worm shaft which meshes with a worm wheel arranged on a steering shaft, wherein the worm wheel is operatively connected to an input shaft of a steering gear mechanism, and wherein the worm shaft and the steering shaft are rotatably mounted in a common gear mechanism housing, wherein the worm shaft has a free end which is remote from the motor and an end which is close to the motor, wherein the end which is remote from the motor is mounted in a rolling bearing and the end which is close to the motor has a rolling bearing which is received in an eccentric lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG
    Inventors: Johannes Schönlechner, Christian Kohler
  • Patent number: D826443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Ben Van Berkel, Stephan Pieper, Christian Kohler, Sebastian Schade
  • Patent number: D826444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Ben Van Berkel, Stephan Pieper, Christian Kohler, Sebastian Schade
  • Patent number: D827173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Ben Van Berkel, Stephan Pieper, Christian Kohler, Sebastian Schade